Email received from Bitcoinica just a moment ago. From Zhou

[Bitcoin Oz]

Apart from the issue of whether or not you have any right to use the customer information you possess for any reason that isn't directed by those legally responsible for the refund process - which Tihan has stated will be a receiver and then a liquidator - how on earth can any Bitcoinica user be confident that the user information you and others associated with Bitcoinica hold is in any way secure given that you guys haven't been able to adequately protect your own email accounts or critical business information?  

Seriously, every single one of you needs to get whatever Bitcoinica related data you have out of your personal possession and into the hands of someone who is both legally entitled to possess it and legally obligated to properly protect it.  You can't just go around using data you were given access to for a specific purpose for whatever you want.  It's not your personal mailing list and you shouldn't be using it for anything unless you've been specifically authorised to do so by those to whom the user information belongs.  Did the limited partner, the general partner, or Patrick Murck authorise this mail out?

+1

People have been banned before for sending unsolicited email.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Great.  A former employee using Bitcoinica-held customer information for personal communication is just what this clusterfuck needs now.

I'm sorry for those who think this email is redundant or useless.

I obtained the information from Bitcoinica to facilitate fund returns, as an independent individual (not employee). In my opinion updating customers from a personal perspective isn't spamming, and the emails are not unsolicited.

If you feel annoyed, simply unsubscribe and you won't hear from me again.

So, to be clear, using a mailing list obtained from one entity, then used via another entity to send monetized emails under the guise of providing updates isn't spamming (illegal), correct?

~Bruno~